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Brexit is "I don't need no stinkin' union, I can negotiate for myself just fine all alone!" writ on a nation state scale. The U.K. govt being on the correct side of this conflict probably has something to do with rage at all the russian polonium ninjas running through their back yard a few years back.
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Aug 29, 2023 05:08
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StoryTime posted:I was trained to operate a gun that the Finnish Defence Forces call a howizer, and it still had direct fire optics on it so whatever. You'd never want to fire that thing at a tank since a tank is going to be far better at that game, but you also don't want to be in a tank getting hit by something capable of launching a very heavy explosive projectile 30km away. Artillery makes for a really gently caress-off huge shotgun with beehive rounds in direct fire mode.
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Aug 29, 2023 05:21
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Vampire Panties posted:Seems like this has come up before and the consensus is they're surplus Albanian ammo I assume any mm mortar makes a splendid quadcopter bomb
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Aug 29, 2023 05:28
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:I'm so confused of what the gently caress the issue is. I said a d30 blew up a Russian spg. That actually happened I said that the front was moving closer to a town. The next day live UA map updates the map I don't report it confirmed till the map is updated. I've literally come here to give information that may not be immediate mainstream so you can all feel a little smarter when it does hit the mainstream. Like the Polish guy who said that no Polish news agencies were running the story about ppoland sending troops and mobilizing their border. Then two days later it gets announced. And didn't you all feel a little bit smarter knowing that you knew that two days before it hit mainstream channels even if you cast it as bullshit? I feel SO MUCH SMARTER when I believe one of your guesses and it turns out to match the future! It's such useful information that a man like me needs in order to feel smarter. Thank you for your service. You're getting picked on by pedants because you are inferring things about artillery range and unit classification and using general terms incorrectly or ambiguously. Wouldn't you feel so much smarter if people didn't point out where what you're saying doesn't mean anything or suggests you don't have a complete understanding of a situation?
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Aug 29, 2023 05:47
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Lammasu posted:drat, brexit was stupider than I thought. This is always true, regardless of your opinion about brexit.
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Aug 29, 2023 06:07
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I like War Crime Gigolo. 
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Aug 29, 2023 06:52
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I don't have anything against WCG in particular but I learned a long time ago, when a pedantic military nut is getting on your case about specific terminology you are not winning that argument unless you're an even bigger and more exacting pedant than they are
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Aug 29, 2023 07:05
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:I'm so confused of what the gently caress the issue is. I said a d30 blew up a Russian spg. up. Fwiw I thought your inference about the range of the D-30 was clever and I only commented about the PzH2000 because I think military nomenclature is weird and messy sometimes.
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Aug 29, 2023 07:13
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Runa posted:I don't have anything against WCG in particular but I learned a long time ago, when a pedantic military nut is getting on your case about specific terminology you are not winning that argument unless you're an even bigger and more exacting pedant than they are They are called PUTTEES and they are a VITAL bit of KIT that the Ukraine military should be using RIGHT NOW so as to outrange the Rus' entrenched footwrap system.
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Aug 29, 2023 07:14
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I feat this artillery pedantry is bringing this thread to danger close situation of summoning the Canadian artillery con-man.
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Aug 29, 2023 07:14
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Lammasu posted:Wait, are you serious? drat, brexit was stupider than I thought. 100% serious I'm afraid. The only new trade deals they made after Brexit, which was supposed to usher in this golden age of free trade and economic miracles by finally being freed from the shackles of Brussels, were *checks notes* with Japan and New Zealand.
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Aug 29, 2023 07:16
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Finally, Buckfast in Japan
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Aug 29, 2023 07:19
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shadow puppet of a posted:They are called PUTTEES and they are a VITAL bit of KIT that the Ukraine military should be using RIGHT NOW so as to outrange the Rus' entrenched footwrap system. I don't mind WCG, and I think puttees are pretty cool looking.  seriously I bet a nice puttee could actually be a credible part of a formalwear fit.
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Aug 29, 2023 07:24
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Ronwayne posted:Brexit is "I don't need no stinkin' union, I can negotiate for myself just fine all alone!" writ on a nation state scale. The U.K. govt being on the correct side of this conflict probably has something to do with rage at all the russian polonium ninjas running through their back yard a few years back. Nah, while the public at large hates Russia for that, the Tory party love russia because of all the donations they give them to look the other way on all the blatant Russian money laundering in london. The only reason britain ended up on the correct side is because boris is a egotist narcissist who think people believe hes a modern day Churchill.
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Aug 29, 2023 07:31
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I still maintain it's because the civil service and military have a centuries old imperial  russophobia
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Aug 29, 2023 07:34
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spankmeister posted:100% serious I'm afraid. The only new trade deals they made after Brexit, which was supposed to usher in this golden age of free trade and economic miracles by finally being freed from the shackles of Brussels, were *checks notes* with Japan and New Zealand. Australia got a very good deal from them as well, +0.001% increase to the UK economy over a decade.  
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Aug 29, 2023 07:34
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Drone_Fragger posted:
He was also hoping to distract the public from Partygate at the time
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Aug 29, 2023 08:01
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Just Another Lurker posted:Australia got a very good deal from them as well, +0.001% increase to the UK economy over a decade. UK got absolutely bent over by the Aust deal. Tory's were so desperate for anything they screwed over their farmers and primary producers in ways Aust producers could scarcely have dreamed of. Also yeah I like WCG too but mate sometimes just wish you would post sources
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Aug 29, 2023 08:43
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Also yeah I like WCG too but mate sometimes just wish you would post sources oh same to be clear. I know it's a fine line to walk, but it is nice to know why someplace is now considered in contention, since "a piece of russian kit blew up" and "there's tons of videos and they raised a Ukrainian flag in the city square" are different. It's also weird to consider the opsec delay, where even the advance notice we get from WCG or other similarly early-run sources probably don't reflect something that happened today. I understand why it is that way and don't mind that either, it's just uncanny how our reaction to events is offset from the actual state on the ground.
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Aug 29, 2023 08:48
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the real cause of all the world's wars are tedious military pedants
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Aug 29, 2023 08:56
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steinrokkan posted:I wonder what the Wagner mercenaries in Africa and their "clients" think regarding Wagner no longer existing Usually stranded mercenaries that don't get paid turn into warlords that squeeze the local population instead god please help me posted:I like War Crime Gigolo. Me too - the only way someone can change my mind is to do a full factcheck of all his predictions and show that they're more wrong than right
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Aug 29, 2023 09:25
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Anders posted:Usually stranded mercenaries that don't get paid turn into warlords that squeeze the local population instead This is why those billionaire survival bunkers give me pause, its not the billionaire locked up in his lair, its his hired goons realizing they can come out of the lair, roll up and divide the local resources and population among them and be modern day barons and Lord Humongi. Humonguses?.
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Aug 29, 2023 09:35
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freelop posted:He was also hoping to distract the public from Partygate at the time It is the only good thing I can think of that he did in the entirety of the farce that was his kakocracy and it was for the wrong reasons.
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Aug 29, 2023 09:45
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This is a bit late, but I'm posting for the one person who wants background for their pedantry:Rust Martialis posted:Per Wikipedia, And the historical reason is that in the early 19th century, you usually needed a different kind of gun carriage to shoot at low arcs than the one you needed for shooting at high arcs. This segregated your artillery into the two categories. Then someone developed the modern split trail gun carriage, which effectively allows both high-angle and low-angle fire from the same carriage without being excessively heavy. After that, most newly designed artillery pieces have been gun-howitzers. Prettz posted:SPG is a misnomer, since a "gun" is a direct-fire weapon Low angle fire is not synonymous with direct fire. The massed indirect fire barrages from French 75s were fired from guns, not howitzers.
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Aug 29, 2023 10:23
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It happened again: War Thunder players leaked confidential materials.  This time NATO Confidential materials to get a plane into the game. https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/164c87m/it_happened_again_da7_eurofighter_typhoon_edition/ E: Tuna-Fish posted:Low angle fire is not synonymous with direct fire. The massed indirect fire barrages from French 75s were fired from guns, not howitzers. This. And also there are plenty of examples from history of people using guns to fire indirectly. It was a pretty common tactic in World War I for multiple machine gunners to fire indirectly at presumed enemy assembly points, and leading up to World War II at least German machine gunners were specifically trained for indirect fire as well.
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Aug 29, 2023 10:25
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:It happened again: War Thunder players leaked confidential materials. 
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Aug 29, 2023 11:21
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Lol leaking the manual of the eurofighter on the forums of a Russian videogame
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Aug 29, 2023 11:24
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Austria flies Eurofighter, so the Russians already have everything up to parts milling instructions in their archives and know more about the plane than some of the countries that operate it.
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Aug 29, 2023 11:38
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:It happened again: War Thunder players leaked confidential materials. Who operates War Thunder? Is it a Russian company? Because holy poo poo this keeps happening
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Aug 29, 2023 11:48
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TulliusCicero posted:Who operates War Thunder? Is it a Russian company? Gaijin Entertainment, founded in Russia, currently headquartered in Hungary
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Aug 29, 2023 11:53
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spankmeister posted:Wow the UK finally managed to make a free trade deal post-Brexit with with country that's less far away than Japan. They might have to wait for the war to wind down before the Ukrainian sex-arse industry can cover for all the EU ones stuck in France.
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Aug 29, 2023 11:54
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tiaz posted:I don't mind WCG, and I think puttees are pretty cool looking. I've spent days in puttees as part of events at local and foreign museums, charity stuff, camps, hikes and exercises. Puttees are actually very nice to wear when you get good at wrapping them. They are obviously made obsolete by modern technical fabrics but up until the 50s they were still popular with British hikers as a good alternative to gaiters. You can still find civilian NOS Fox's Improved Puttees for sale from time to time. They were the pinnacle of 1910 puttee technology being a full technical knit which was then pre shaped on a heated copper form. It's an old technology that hasn't been relevant since the 40s. So if anyone should be fielding puttees it's the Russians.
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Aug 29, 2023 12:09
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Would footwraps and puttees be seperate items, or would you have a single piece of cloth covering the foot and then going all the way up the leg?
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Aug 29, 2023 12:38
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:It happened again: War Thunder players leaked confidential materials. Isn't that how the gpmg is used today by operating armies?
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Aug 29, 2023 12:40
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The Lone Badger posted:Would footwraps and puttees be seperate items, or would you have a single piece of cloth covering the foot and then going all the way up the leg? Separate. The puttee is on top of the boot. 
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Aug 29, 2023 12:52
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You can cheat and just get leather or suede zip ups that also go over short boots for horseriding and fetishing about, as you do.
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Aug 29, 2023 13:02
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MrQwerty posted:Lol leaking the manual of the eurofighter on the forums of a Russian videogame Groundbreaking dead drop proposal:  (counterintelligence HATES it)
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Aug 29, 2023 13:19
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spankmeister posted:100% serious I'm afraid. The only new trade deals they made after Brexit, which was supposed to usher in this golden age of free trade and economic miracles by finally being freed from the shackles of Brussels, were *checks notes* with Japan and New Zealand. At least your supply of magical girls and hobbits should be good.
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Aug 29, 2023 13:40
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Lammasu posted:At least your supply of magical girls and hobbits should be good. Both Sailor Moon and The Lord of the Rings would be vastly improved by the protagonists of the other IP.
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Aug 29, 2023 13:53
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edit: efb 
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